Nova Fronteira Bioenergia to plant sweet sorghum in Brazil

In Brazil, Petrobras’ joint venture with São Martinho, called Nova Fronteira Bioenergia, will begin planting sweet sorghum for ethanol production next week. The plan is to plant the short-cycle crop on land that is not used for cane and harvest it during the cane inter-crop season in order to help reduce pressure on domestic supplies during that period. Within three years, the JV plans to produce 28 million liters of ethanol per crop on about 7,000 hectares.

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